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                <p>Toward the end of an iteration, you can use the Unplanned Work report to determine
                    how much work was added to the iteration that was not planned at the start of the
                    iteration. You can view the unplanned work as measured by work items added, such
                    as tasks, test cases, use cases, and bugs. </p>
                <p>Having unplanned work may be acceptable, especially if the team has scheduled a sufficient
                    buffer for handling the load of unplanned work (for example, bugs). On the other
                    hand, the unplanned work may represent a real problem if the team does not have
                    the capacity to meet it and is forced to cut back on the planned work.</p>
                <p>For information about how to access, refresh, or manage reports, see <span sdata="link">
                    <a href="ReportsGovDev.html">Reports (GovDev)</a></span>. </p>
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                                <p>This report requires that the team project collection that contains your team project
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                                <p><span class="label">In this topic</span></p>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="#Data">Data in the Report</a></p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="#Duration">Setting the Duration of the Iteration</a></p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="#Interpreting">Interpreting the Report</a></p>
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                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="#Changing">Filtering the Report and Changing the Display</a></p>
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                                <p><span class="label">You can use this report to answer the following questions</span>
                                    :</p>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>How much work was added after the iteration started?</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>Is too much work being added during the iteration? </p>
                                    </li>
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                <p><span class="label">Required Permissions</span></p>
                <p>To view the report, you must be assigned or belong to a group that has been assigned
                    the <span class="ui">Browser</span> role in Reporting Services. For more information,
                    see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/3cfefdd2-b161-4e04-8dc0-e2deeac50262">
                        Add Users to Team Projects</a></span> or <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/8f1f5f39-ed0f-4539-bee1-7e7e77bb5728">
                            Managing Permissions</a></span>.</p>
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                in the Report</span></h1>
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                <p>The Unplanned Work report is useful when the team plans an iteration by identifying
                    all work items that they intend to resolve or close during the course of the iteration.
                    The work items that are assigned to the iteration by the start date of the report
                    are considered planned work. All work items that are added to the iteration after
                    the start date are identified as unplanned work. </p>
                <p>The following illustration shows an example of the Unplanned Work report. This example
                    is fairly healthy because only 10 items were added after the start of the iteration,
                    representing a 16% increase over the work that was planned </p>
                <img alt="Unplanned Work report" src="../art/ProcG_ReportUnplanned.png" /><p>The data
                    is derived from the data warehouse.</p>
                <p>You can filter the report in the following ways:</p>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p>Change the start and end dates for the report.</p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p>Filter the tasks, stories, test cases, and bugs that are counted in the report by
                            specifying iteration and area paths, types of work items, and states.</p>
                    </li>
                </ul>
                <p>For more information, see <a href="#Changing">Filtering the Report and Changing the
                    Display</a>later in this topic.</p>
                <h3 class="subHeading">Required Activities for Tracking Unplanned Work</h3>
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                    <p>For the Unplanned Work report to be useful and accurate, the team must perform the
                        following activities to track work items:</p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>
                            <p>At the start of an iteration, review the backlog of use cases, test cases, tasks,
                                and bugs, and assign each to the iteration during which the team will work on them.
                            </p>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>As work is identified and added to the iteration, update the<span class="ui"> Iteration
                                </span> field of the work item to match the current iteration.</p>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>(Optional) To support filtering, assign the <span class="ui">Area</span> that represents
                                the product area to which the work item belongs. </p>
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                                            <p>For information about how to define iteration and area paths, see <span sdata="link">
                                                <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/6b0d2df4-c638-4637-af93-86db64ca73ab">Create
                                                    and Modify Areas and Iterations</a></span>.</p>
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                the Duration of the Iteration</span></h1>
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                <p>To review the amount of unplanned work for a current iteration, you must set the
                    planned end date and the start dates for the report to match those of your current
                    iteration cycle. </p>
                <h3 class="procedureSubHeading">To change the duration of the iteration</h3>
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                    <ol>
                        <li>
                            <p>Next to <span class="ui">Plan Completion Date</span> or<span class="ui"> From Date
                                </span>, click the calendar icon, and then click a date. </p>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>Click <span class="ui">View Report</span>.</p>
                        </li>
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                <p>The Unplanned Work report displays information that you can use to understand how
                    well the team plans its work and whether the team is encountering scope creep during
                    an iteration. </p>
                <p>You can use the Unplanned Work report to understand how well the team is estimating
                    the work that they can complete during an iteration. As a scrum master or project
                    manager, you can use this report to derive historical data about your team. You
                    may want to discuss with your team the idea of having a goal that limits the amount
                    of work added to an iteration to no more than 10% of the planned work. </p>
                <p>Also, you can use the Unplanned Work report in addition to the team velocity and
                    team capacity data that is provided in the Use Case Planning and Iteration Task Backlog
                    workbooks to help plan future iterations. For more information, see <span sdata="link">
                        <a href="UseCasePlanningWorkbook.html">Use Case Planning Workbook</a></span> and
                    <span sdata="link"><a href="IterationBacklogWorkbook.html">Iteration Task Backlog Workbook
                        </a></span>.</p>
                <h3 class="subHeading">Questions That the Report Answers</h3>
                <div class="subsection">
                    <p>You can review the report to determine the amount of scope creep that has occurred
                        throughout an iteration or over time. Specifically, you can find answers to these
                        questions:</p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>
                            <p>What is the delta between planned work at the start of the iteration and work performed?
                            </p>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>Is too much work being added during the iteration? Is the team expanding the scope
                                of the work?</p>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>Is too much work in progress?</p>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
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                <p>You can filter the Unplanned Work report or change its display in the following ways:
                </p>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p>Change the planned end date and start dates for the report.</p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p>Filter the use cases, bugs, and tasks that appear in the report by specifying
                            iteration and area paths and types of work items.</p>
                    </li>
                </ul>
                <p>The following illustration shows the available filters and display options:</p>
                <img alt="Filters for Unplanned Work report" src="../art/ProcG_UnplannedWork.png" /><h3
                    class="procedureSubHeading">To filter the tasks, use cases, and bugs that appear
                    in the report</h3>
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                    <ol>
                        <li>
                            <p>Perform one or more of the following actions:</p>
                            <ul>
                                <li>
                                    <p>In the <span class="ui">Iteration</span> or <span class="ui">Area</span> list, select
                                        the check box of each iteration or product area to include.</p>
                                </li>
                                <li>
                                    <p>In the <span class="ui">Work Item Type</span> list, select the check box of each work
                                        item type to include.</p>
                                </li>
                            </ul>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>Click <span class="ui">View Report</span>.</p>
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                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="UseCasePlanningWorkbook.html">
                    Use Case Planning Workbook</a></span></div>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="IterationBacklogWorkbook.html">
                    Iteration Task Backlog Workbook</a></span></div>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="SprintPlanningMeeting.html">Sprint
                    Planning Meeting</a></span></div>
                <h4 class="subHeading">Other Resources</h4>
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